Global Patent Index - EP 2559558 B1

EP 2559558 B1 20180905 - Image forming apparatus having carriage mounting recording head for ejecting liquid droplets

Title (en)

Image forming apparatus having carriage mounting recording head for ejecting liquid droplets

Title (de)

Bilderzeugungsvorrichtung mit schlittenmontiertem Aufzeichnungskopf zur Ausgabe von Flüssigkeitstropfen

Title (fr)

Appareil de formation d'images disposant d'un chariot de montage d'une tête d'enregistrement pour l'éjection de gouttelettes de liquide

Publication

EP 2559558 B1 20180905 (EN)

Application

EP 12178325 A 20120727

Priority

JP 2011177912 A 20110816

Abstract (en)

[origin: EP2559558A1] An image forming apparatus includes an apparatus body, a carriage (3), a first recording head (4b, 4c, 4d), a second recording head (4a), and a maintenance assembly (20). The carriage (3) is movable in a main scanning direction. Each of the first head (4b, 4c, 4d) and the second head (4a) has nozzles in a nozzle face to eject liquid droplets. The second head (4a) is displaced from the first head (4b, 4c, 4d) in a sub scanning direction perpendicular to the main scanning direction. The maintenance assembly (20) maintains and recovers the first head (4b, 4c, 4d) and the second head (4a). The maintenance assembly (20) includes a first maintenance device (21) held by the body and a second maintenance device (22) reciprocally movable between a first position to oppose the first head (4b, 4c, 4d) and a second position to oppose the second head (4a).

IPC 8 full level

B41J 2/165 (2006.01)

CPC (source: EP US)

B41J 2/16547 (2013.01 - EP US)

Designated contracting state (EPC)

AL AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HR HU IE IS IT LI LT LU LV MC MK MT NL NO PL PT RO RS SE SI SK SM TR

DOCDB simple family (publication)

EP 2559558 A1 20130220; EP 2559558 B1 20180905; CN 102950898 A 20130306; CN 102950898 B 20150902; JP 2013039723 A 20130228; JP 5824956 B2 20151202; US 2013044158 A1 20130221; US 8622511 B2 20140107

DOCDB simple family (application)

EP 12178325 A 20120727; CN 201210290764 A 20120815; JP 2011177912 A 20110816; US 201213558817 A 20120726